Ebony Oaks Farm

Ebony Oaks Farm Ebony Okes Farm's goal is to develop and encourage correct horsemanship no matter what discipline or style of riding.

We want to teach horses and humans alike to improve and better communicate with each other. Riding Lessons: Tues-Fri, by appointment (call or e-mail to schedule)
Private and Group Lessons Available
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Full-time equine training: 5 rides/ week
Half-time equine training: 3 rides/ week

Yes this is often the difficulty with beginner or timid riders. Horses are held back or not sent forward and develop res...
02/20/2025

Yes this is often the difficulty with beginner or timid riders. Horses are held back or not sent forward and develop resistance issues or behavioral tension because of it. Use the energy don’t suppress it!

“Going too slow is actually scarier than going forward. Timid or fearful riders want to be cautious – so, naturally, they want to go slower. But if a horse isn’t going forward, they won’t have enough momentum or power to get themselves out of trouble if a mistake were to happen. I try to explain to fearful riders that they can actually get into more trouble by going too slow than by carrying some pace. Pace helps your horse to help you.” Traci from With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard
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SO excited for the foal we are expecting next summer by this guy! 🤩
09/30/2024

SO excited for the foal we are expecting next summer by this guy! 🤩

⭐️VELANTIS Champion Again! ⭐️

Stallion, Velantis N(Vitalis / Floriscount / Wolkentanz) had another incredible Championship show this weekend at the USDF & CDS Reg. 7 Championship. Velantis started with a win in the USDF Second Level Open Championship with an impressive score of 75.23%! This marks a hattrick of Championship wins for Velantis. In 2022 he won Training level, in 2023 First Level and now Second level! To top off an already exciting day, Velantis then placed first in the CDS 6yo Futurity with a combined average (Thursday and Friday) of 75.87%! He ended an already successful weekend by winning the CDS 2nd Level Open Championship class with 73.5%. Way to go Velantis!

SO happy to announce that we are also expecting a Velantis/Harmonie TF foal in July 2025.
08/08/2024

SO happy to announce that we are also expecting a Velantis/Harmonie TF foal in July 2025.

So happy to announce that we are expecting a Diesel CF/Harmonie TF foal early June 2025!I’m excited! 😍
08/03/2024

So happy to announce that we are expecting a Diesel CF/Harmonie TF foal early June 2025!
I’m excited! 😍

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06/19/2024

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To replace a good horse!
The best horses are built over years of hauling, hard work, tough times, good times, bad times, big spooks, little spooks, their mistakes, our mistakes and continual love and care.

No, your breaker can not turn your young prospect into your old faithful in 30, 60, 90, or even 365 days. It takes years.

I’m plagued with the problem of trying to impress on people how long it truly takes to build that dream partner. There’s not a smooth paved path. Your green horse will embarrass you, frustrate you, and maybe even hurt you. For some of you, buying a $20,000-$30,000 horse is going to be worth it and SAVE you money. Even that more finished horse will take a year or more to sync up with.

Cheap rate for horse training is $1,000 a month.
1 year of training: $12,000
2 years of training: $24,000

Many of you won’t believe this but your dream horse is on the other side of two years of training. In reality, it’s likely around two years of training and two years of seasoning (hauling them to town). Will that horse still make mistakes? Yes, they all make mistakes until the day they die. But that horses mistakes probably won’t put you in serious danger and that horse will probably pack your grandkids around.

If you’re trying to decide between a $3,500 prospect or a $15,000 proven horse. My advice is to do an internal inventory and figure out what you want. Buying that prospect is like the first roll on the Jumanji board. You’re entered up, get ready for a journey of ups and downs (possibly quite literally!) If you’re buying that finished horse decide what you really want, get ready for a lot of shopping and painfully overpriced sh💩tters. Take a friend or a trainer on this journey with you and try to double your budget (that’s right, 30k). Be smart and buy something OVER 8 years old. Don’t buy that pretty 5 year old they only want 20k for. He isn’t old enough to be proven for you. Lots of horse traders are trying to flip horses, anything under 8 is likely twice as green as he looks in the video. Maturity, both mental and physical will be key when looking for a safe horse.

If you want a project and a challenge I’m not hating, that’s what I want in a horse too, so I buy young ones. If you need a safe one, bring lots of money and quit thinking you need a 6 year old. You probably don’t have what it takes to mentally support that 6 year old through new situations.

The biggest reason I bring this up is because as folks retire their old faithful they are so far removed from when that horse was green and did dumb stuff. They forgot how tough those two years were back when he was 4-6. They only remember the amazing horse he was when he matured. The 3 year old they just bought is YEARS from filling that horses shoes when it comes to training level and safety level. I see people hate on trainers because the trainer couldn’t make their young horse, “finished” in 90 days. It’s honestly the biggest reason I like taking colts for 30 or 60 days. The expectation is shockingly lower than when I take one for 90 days. It’s weird what people expect from a 90 day start. Most people should commit to sending their young horse out for a full year. Two years would be even better.

Green horses do green horse things, don’t blame others for the challenge you bought yourself. Accept the challenge or pay the price for one further along. No matter which path you choose with horses, it’s going to cost you.

(I didn’t write this one I’m not sure who did, however every word of it rings true)

Edit, author Craig Moore

06/07/2024

I read a theory about why so many riders lack a deep command of basics, and it was explained like this---

Correct basics are hard to master because there is an enormous amount of repetition involved, and if someone has tried something hundreds, possibly thousands of times, and still can’t do it, it is easy for the person to conclude that he/she is taking on an impossible challenge.

In his book “Mastery,” George Leonard wrote that on the quest to become good, there will be long stretches of “seeming non-improvement.”

Like watching grass grow, change is happening, but so slowly that it can’t be measured daily, weekly, or even monthly. But at some point, for those who stick with it, “suddenly” they can do things that before they couldn’t do.

The issue is giving up in frustration before putting in those many many many many months of practice.

That is ONE theory. I am sure there are many others, but this one does ring true.

05/28/2024
Website is now live! Many thanks to Melissa Hofpar!
05/26/2024

Website is now live!
Many thanks to Melissa Hofpar!

Our world revolves around horses at Ebony Oaks Farm. Personalized diets, regular veterinary and dental care, frequent exercise, and attentive eyes on herd dynamics are all a part of daily life at our facility.

02/20/2024

Hahaha! 😂

Some light reading I just got in the mail. Looking forward to geeking out on classical dressage and equine neuroscience ...
02/18/2024

Some light reading I just got in the mail. Looking forward to geeking out on classical dressage and equine neuroscience books! 🤓

I’m totally loving this guy! Gorgeous Latino is an amazing young stallion! 😍 I think I found the right match for Harmoni...
02/10/2024

I’m totally loving this guy! Gorgeous Latino is an amazing young stallion! 😍 I think I found the right match for Harmonie! Can’t wait!

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